Smith’s Iraq Votes Don’t Match His Quotes
Gordon Smith says he opposes the war, but votes to prolong it - AGAIN
The gap between U.S. Senator Gordon Smith’s (R-OR) votes and his quotes grew again today as Smith voted for the third time since May to extend the troops’ stay in Iraq.
This is despite his vows to help get troops out of Iraq.
“Oregonians simply can’t trust Gordon Smith on the Iraq War,” DPO Chair Meredith Wood Smith said. “Gordon Smith is a man of talk, not action. He will talk to reporters night and day about his reversal on the Iraq War, and then go to the Senate chamber and vote to prolong the conflict.”
QUOTES:
“Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) said he is working on a plan that envisions troop withdrawals in greater numbers than Petraeus’s suggested 30,000 by next summer. Petraeus’s proposed reduction would bring U.S. troop levels to about where they were before President Bush’s January ‘surge.’”
(The Hill, 9-12-07)
VOTES:
Today, Smith voted against U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold’s (D-Wisc.) plan to force a pullout of U.S. forces from Iraq by restricting military funding to noncombat operations in Iraq.
Under the plan, American soldiers would begin coming home within 90 days, with most troops home by next June. Oregon’s other U.S. Senator, Ron Wyden, voted for the plan.
Today’s vote followed Smith’s two May votes to prolong the war.
VOTE ONE:
“Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., voted against bringing to a vote an amendment that would remove most troops from Iraq by March 31. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisc., failed in a 29-67 vote. It needed 60 votes to be brought for an up-or-down vote. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., voted for the amendment.”
(The Oregonian, 5-16-07)
VOTE TWO:
On May 24, 2007, Smith voted in favor of fully funding the Iraq War. Every Democratic representative from Oregon, including U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, voted against that bill.
Posted September 20, 2007 Iraq 1 comments
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what about the legislation limiting tours of duty? Was that a House Bill??
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